Photographing method and photographing apparatus for adjusting a field of view for a terminal

ABSTRACT

A method includes obtaining a first preview picture collected by a camera, where an angle of view FOV of the camera is a first FOV value. The camera collects the first preview picture based on a second FOV value, and the second FOV value is less than the first FOV value. The method further includes adjusting the second FOV value to a third FOV value when it is detected that a quantity of at least one target human face in the first preview picture is greater than a first preset value, where the third FOV value is greater than the second FOV value, and the third FOV value is less than or equal to the first FOV value; and outputting an image that is photographed by the camera based on the third FOV value.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.16/481,288 filed on Jul. 26, 2019, which is a U.S. National Stage ofInternational Patent Application No. PCT/CN2017/074707 filed on Feb. 24,2017, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.201710061843.6 filed on Jan. 26, 2017. All of the aforementioned patentapplications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This application relates to the field of terminal technologies, and morespecifically, to a photographing method, a photographing apparatus, anda terminal in the field of terminal technologies.

BACKGROUND

With rapid development of terminal technologies, a terminal has a higherconfiguration and stronger functions. A photographing function of theterminal has become an indispensable element for recording wonderfullife. A terminal product having a photographing function is generallyequipped with a camera module. Most products in camera modules arefixed-focus cameras. A fixed-focus camera has a fixed angle of view(field of view, FOV).

As a result, when a user wants to take a group photo, because a camerahas a fixed photographable angle of view, some to-be-photographedpersons may be not included in the angle of view of the camera,resulting in a failure to photograph all persons. Therefore, aphotographing effect is relatively poor, and user experience isaffected.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of this application provide a photographing method and aphotographing apparatus for a terminal, and a terminal, to improve aphotographing effect of the terminal, and improve user experience.

According to a first aspect, this application provides a photographingmethod for a terminal, where the photographing method includes:

obtaining a first preview picture collected by a camera, where an angleof view FOV of the camera is a first FOV value, the camera collects thefirst preview picture based on a second FOV value, and the second FOVvalue is less than the first FOV value;

adjusting the second FOV value to a third FOV value when it is detectedthat a quantity of at least one target human face in the first previewpicture is greater than a first preset value, where the third FOV valueis greater than the second FOV value, and the third FOV value is lessthan or equal to the first FOV value; and

outputting an image that is photographed by the camera based on thethird FOV value.

It should be understood that a range that a camera can cover is referredto as an angle of view, and an object beyond the angle of view is notdisplayed in an imaging area of the camera. The angle of view isgenerally represented by an angle, and an area included in a visibleimage formed by a to-be-photographed object on a focal point planethrough the camera is referred to as a field of view. The camera in thisembodiment of this application may be a camera of a terminal.

Optionally, the first FOV value may be a maximum capability value of thecamera, and the second FOV value may be a photographable value of thecamera. In other words, the second FOV value is less than the first FOVvalue, and the FOV of the camera may be adjusted between thephotographable value and the maximum value.

It should be understood that a quantity of target human faces beinggreater than the first preset value means that a user wants tophotograph a relatively large quantity of persons, and some human facesmay be not included in the picture. In this case, to present allto-be-photographed human faces in the picture, a photographing angle ofview of the camera needs to be enlarged, to present, in the picture, allthe human faces that the user wants to photograph.

It should also be understood that a pixel ratio of a first target humanface being less than a second preset value means that the user wants tophotograph a relatively large background range, and some backgroundpictures may be not included in the picture. In this case, to presentall to-be-photographed backgrounds in the picture, the photographingangle of view of the camera needs to be enlarged, to present, in thepicture, all sights that the user wants to photograph.

It should also be understood that the quantity of the target human facesbeing greater than the first preset value and the pixel ratio of thefirst target human face is less than the second preset value means thatthe user wants to take a group photo including more background sights.In this case, to meet a photographing requirement of the user, thephotographing angle of view of the camera needs to be enlarged, topresent, in the picture, all to-be-photographed scenes that the userwants to photograph.

According to the photographing method provided in this embodiment ofthis application, when detecting that the first preview picture meets aFOV adjustment condition, the terminal may automatically increase theFOV value of the camera, thereby improving a photographing effect of theterminal.

In a possible implementation of the first aspect, the photographingmethod provided in this embodiment of this application further includes:When detecting that the quantity of the at least one target human facein the first preview picture is less than or equal to a third presetvalue, the terminal may adjust the second FOV value to a fourth FOVvalue, and output an image that is collected by the camera based on thefourth FOV value, where the fourth FOV value is less than or equal tothe second FOV value.

In a possible implementation, the adjusting the second FOV value to athird FOV value when it is detected that a quantity of at least onetarget human face in the first preview picture is greater than a firstpreset value includes: adjusting the second FOV value to the third FOVvalue when it is detected that the quantity of the at least one targethuman face in the first preview picture is greater than the first presetvalue, and a ratio of pixels of a first target human face in the atleast one target human face to pixels of the first preview picture isless than a second preset value, where the pixels of the first targethuman face are greater than pixels of each target human face.

It should be understood that, for ease of description, in thisembodiment of this application, a ratio of pixels of a human face/pixelsof a target human face/the pixels of the first target human face to thepixels of the first preview picture is collectively referred to as apixel ratio of the human face/the target human face/the first targethuman face.

Optionally, the terminal may perform FOV calculation and adjustment whendetecting that at least one of the pixel ratio of the first target humanface or the quantity of the at least one target human face meets a FOVadjustment condition. This is not limited in this embodiment of thisapplication.

In a possible implementation, before the adjusting the second FOV valueto a third FOV value when it is detected that a quantity of at least onetarget human face in the first preview picture is greater than a firstpreset value, the photographing method further includes: obtaining imageinformation of the first preview picture, where the image informationincludes at least one piece of the following information: the quantityof the at least one target human face, the pixels of each target humanface, a location of each target human face, a distortion parameter ofthe camera during collection of the first preview picture, a focallength of the camera during collection of the first preview picture, anda distance between the camera and a to-be-photographed object duringcollection of the first preview picture.

In an optional embodiment, the terminal may pre-store a first mappingrelationship between a quantity of human faces and a FOV value, anddetermine the third FOV value based on the quantity of the target humanfaces and the first mapping relationship.

In another optional embodiment, the terminal may pre-store a human facequantity threshold and a second mapping relationship between a humanface quantity difference and a FOV adjustment value, calculate a humanface quantity difference based on the quantity of the target human facesin the first preview picture and the human face quantity threshold, anddetermine the third FOV value based on the human face quantitydifference and the second mapping relationship.

In still another optional embodiment, the terminal may pre-store a thirdmapping relationship between a pixel ratio of a human face and a FOVvalue, and determine the third FOV value based on the pixel ratio of thefirst target human face and the third mapping relationship.

In still another optional embodiment, the terminal may determine thethird FOV value based on a fourth mapping relationship between a pixelratio difference of the first target human face and a FOV adjustmentvalue.

In still another optional embodiment, the terminal may determine thethird FOV value based on the quantity of the target human faces and thepixel ratio of the first target human face.

In a possible implementation, the determining the third FOV value basedon the image information includes:

determining, based on the distortion parameter of the camera and a firstresolution of the first preview picture, a picture loss of each of Ppixels included in the first preview picture at the first resolution,where the first resolution is corresponding to the second FOV value;

determining Q pixels that are in the P pixels and whose picture lossesare less than a preset picture loss threshold as a second resolution,where Q is less than or equal to P, and the second resolution is lessthan or equal to the first resolution; and

determining the third FOV value based on the first resolution, thesecond resolution, and the second FOV value.

In a possible implementation, the third FOV value f_(3_)code of thecamera is determined based on the following formula:

${{f_{3}{\_ code}} = {{f_{1}{\_ min}} + {\left( {{Vcm\_ code} - {Vcm\_ min}} \right)*\left( \frac{{f_{1}{\_ max}} - {f_{1}{\_ min}}}{{Vcm\_ max} - {Vcm\_ min}} \right)}}},$where

Vcm_min is a minimum focal length of the camera, f_(1_)min is a minimumFOV value corresponding to the minimum focal length, Vcm_max is amaximum focal length of the camera, f_(1_)max is a maximum FOV valuecorresponding to the maximum focal length, and Vcm_code is the focallength of the camera during collection of the first preview picture.

In a possible implementation, the third FOV value f_(3_)dis of thecamera is determined based on the following formula:

${{f_{3}{\_ dis}} = {{f_{2}{\_ min}} + {\left( {{L\_ dis} - {L\_ min}} \right)*\left( \frac{{f_{2}{\_ max}} - {f_{2}{\_ min}}}{{L\_ max} - {L\_ min}} \right)}}},$where

L_min is a minimum distance between the camera and theto-be-photographed object, f_(2_)min is a minimum FOV valuecorresponding to the minimum distance, L_max is a maximum distancebetween the camera and the to-be-photographed object, f_(2_)max is amaximum FOV value corresponding to the maximum distance, and L_dis isthe distance between the camera and the to-be-photographed object duringcollection of the first preview picture.

In a possible implementation, the image information includes N pieces ofinformation, where N is greater than or equal to 1, and the determiningthe third FOV value based on the image information includes: determiningM FOV values based on M of the N pieces of information, where the Mpieces of information are in one-to-one correspondence with the M FOVvalues, and M is less than or equal to N; and determining a largestvalue in the M FOV values as the third FOV value.

According to the photographing method provided in this embodiment ofthis application, the terminal uses the largest value in the M FOVvalues as the third FOV value, thereby further ensuring that ato-be-photographed scene is presented in the picture as much aspossible, and optimizing a photographing effect.

In a possible implementation, before the adjusting the second FOV valueto a third FOV value when it is detected that a quantity of at least onetarget human face in the first preview picture is greater than a firstpreset value, the photographing method further includes: detecting humanface information of the first preview picture, where the human faceinformation includes at least one piece of the following information: aquantity of at least one human face, pixels of each human face, alocation of each human face, or a turning angle of each human face; anddetermining the quantity of the at least one target human face based onthe human face information.

In an optional embodiment, the terminal may determine the quantity ofthe at least one target human face based on the quantity of the at leastone human face and the pixels of each human face.

In another optional embodiment, the terminal may determine the quantityof the at least one target human face based on the quantity of the atleast one human face, the pixels of each human face, the location ofeach human face, and the turning angle of each human face.

According to the photographing method provided in this embodiment ofthis application, a valid target human face is determined from humanfaces in the first preview picture, thereby improving accuracy of aphotographed picture.

In a possible implementation, before the adjusting the second FOV valueto the third FOV value when it is detected that the quantity of the atleast one target human face in the first preview picture is greater thanthe first preset value, and a ratio of pixels of a first target humanface in the at least one target human face to pixels of the firstpreview picture is less than a second preset value, the photographingmethod further includes: determining human face pixels corresponding toa human face box of each target human face and human face pixelscorresponding to each of at least one target facial organ included ineach target human face, where the target facial organ is an eye, a nose,or a mouth; and determining the pixels of each target human face basedon the human face pixels corresponding to the human face box of eachtarget human face and the human face pixels corresponding to each of theat least one target facial organ.

In a possible implementation, the determining human face pixelscorresponding to a human face box of each target human face and humanface pixels corresponding to each of at least one target facial organincluded in each target human face includes: determining pixels of afirst target facial organ in the at least one target facial organ;performing multi-frame smoothing processing on the pixels of the firsttarget facial organ, to obtain a ratio of the pixels of the first targetfacial organ to the human face pixels corresponding to the human facebox in the first preview picture; and determining human face pixelscorresponding to the first target facial organ based on the pixels ofthe first target facial organ and the ratio of the pixels of the firsttarget facial organ to the human face pixels corresponding to the humanface box.

In a possible implementation, before the determining human face pixelscorresponding to a human face box of each target human face and humanface pixels corresponding to each of at least one target facial organincluded in each target human face, the photographing method furtherincludes: obtaining a confidence of a first facial organ, where thefirst facial organ is an eye, a nose, or a mouth; and determining thefirst facial organ as the target facial organ based on the confidence ofthe first facial organ and a preset confidence threshold.

In a possible implementation, a definition of the first preview pictureis higher than a definition of the image, and before the outputting animage that is photographed by the camera based on the third FOV value,the photographing method further includes: cropping the first previewpicture at a first rate, to obtain an edge picture of the first previewpicture; and performing definition compensation processing on the imagebased on the edge picture, to obtain the processed image.

According to the photographing method provided in this embodiment ofthis application, because the first preview picture is collected by theterminal based on the second FOV value, the output image is collected bythe terminal based on the third FOV value, and the second FOV value isless than the third FOV value, the definition of the output image isless than the definition of the first preview picture, and the terminalmay increase the definition of the output image through definitioncompensation.

Optionally, in addition to performing image processing to increase thedefinition of the output image, the terminal may further increase aresolution or the like of the output image to optimize the output image.This is not limited in this embodiment of this application.

According to a second aspect, this application provides anotherphotographing method for a terminal, where the terminal includes a firstcamera and a second camera, the first camera and the second camera aredisposed in parallel on a body of the terminal, and the photographingmethod includes:

obtaining a first preview picture collected by the first camera or thesecond camera, where an angle of view FOV of the first camera is a firstFOV value, a FOV of the second camera is a second FOV value, the firstFOV value is less than the second FOV value, the first preview pictureis collected based on a third FOV value, and the third FOV value is lessthan the second FOV value;

adjusting the third FOV value to a fourth FOV value when it is detectedthat a quantity of at least one target human face in the first previewpicture is greater than a first preset value, where the fourth FOV valueis greater than the third FOV value; and

performing camera switching based on the fourth FOV value.

In a possible implementation, the performing camera switching based onthe fourth FOV value includes: switching from the first camera to thesecond camera if the first preview picture is collected by the firstcamera and the fourth FOV value is greater than the first FOV value; orswitching from the second camera to the first camera if the firstpreview picture is collected by the second camera and the fourth FOVvalue is less than or equal to the first FOV value.

In a possible implementation, the adjusting the third FOV value to afourth FOV value when it is detected that a quantity of at least onetarget human face in the first preview picture is greater than a firstpreset value includes: adjusting the third FOV value to the fourth FOVvalue when it is detected that the quantity of the at least one targethuman face in the first preview picture is greater than the first presetvalue, and a ratio of pixels of a first target human face in the atleast one target human face to pixels of the first preview picture isless than a second preset value, where the pixels of the first targethuman face are greater than pixels of each target human face.

In a possible implementation, before the adjusting the third FOV valueto a fourth FOV value when it is detected that a quantity of at leastone target human face in the first preview picture is greater than afirst preset value, the photographing method further includes: obtainingimage information of the first preview picture, where the imageinformation includes at least one piece of the following information:the quantity of the at least one target human face, the pixels of eachtarget human face, a location of each target human face, a distortionparameter of the camera collecting the first preview picture, a focallength of the camera collecting the first preview picture, and adistance between the camera collecting the first preview picture and ato-be-photographed object; and determining the fourth FOV value based onthe image information.

According to the camera switching method provided in this embodiment ofthis application, when detecting that the first preview picture meets aFOV adjustment condition, the terminal can automatically increase theFOV value, and automatically perform camera switching based on theadjusted FOV value, to improve a photographing effect of the terminal.

According to a third aspect, this application provides a terminal, wherethe terminal includes a processor, a memory, a display, and a camera,where

the camera is configured to photograph a static or dynamic image;

the memory is configured to store the image photographed by the camera;

the display is configured to display an image output by the processor;and

the processor is configured to: obtain a first preview picture collectedby the camera,

where an angle of view FOV of the camera is a first FOV value, thecamera collects the first preview picture based on a second FOV value,and the second FOV value is less than the first FOV value; adjust thesecond FOV value to a third FOV value when it is detected that aquantity of at least one target human face in the first preview pictureis greater than a first preset value, where the third FOV value isgreater than the second FOV value, and the third FOV value is less thanor equal to the first FOV value; and output an image that isphotographed by the camera based on the third FOV value.

According to the photographing method provided in this embodiment ofthis application, when detecting that the first preview picture meets aFOV adjustment condition, the terminal may automatically increase theFOV value of the camera, thereby improving a photographing effect of theterminal.

In a possible implementation, the processor is further configured toadjust the second FOV value to the third FOV value when it is detectedthat the quantity of the at least one target human face in the firstpreview picture is greater than the first preset value, and a ratio ofpixels of a first target human face in the at least one target humanface to pixels of the first preview picture is less than a second presetvalue, where the pixels of the first target human face are greater thanpixels of each target human face.

In a possible implementation, the processor is further configured to:before adjusting the second FOV value to the third FOV value when it isdetected that the quantity of the at least one target human face in thefirst preview picture is greater than the first preset value, obtainimage information of the first preview picture, where the imageinformation includes at least one piece of the following information:the quantity of the at least one target human face, the pixels of eachtarget human face, a location of each target human face, a distortionparameter of the camera during collection of the first preview picture,a focal length of the camera during collection of the first previewpicture, and a distance between the camera and a to-be-photographedobject during collection of the first preview picture; and determine thethird FOV value based on the image information.

In a possible implementation, the processor is further configured to:determine, based on the distortion parameter of the camera and a firstresolution of the first preview picture, a picture loss of each of Ppixels included in the first preview picture at the first resolution,where the first resolution is corresponding to the second FOV value;determine Q pixels that are in the P pixels and whose picture losses areless than a preset picture loss threshold as a second resolution, whereQ is less than or equal to P, and the second resolution is less than orequal to the first resolution; and determine the third FOV value basedon the first resolution, the second resolution, and the second FOVvalue.

In a possible implementation, the processor is further configured todetermine the third FOV value f_(3_)code of the camera based on thefollowing formula:

${{f_{3}{\_ code}} = {{f_{1}{\_ min}} + {\left( {{Vcm\_ code} - {Vcm\_ min}} \right)*\left( \frac{{f_{1}{\_ max}} - {f_{1}{\_ min}}}{{Vcm\_ max} - {Vcm\_ min}} \right)}}},$where

Vcm_min is a minimum focal length of the camera, f_(1_)min is a minimumFOV value corresponding to the minimum focal length, Vcm_max is amaximum focal length of the camera, f_(1_)max is a maximum FOV valuecorresponding to the maximum focal length, and Vcm_code is the focallength of the camera during collection of the first preview picture.

In a possible implementation, the processor is further configured todetermine the third FOV value f_(3_)dis of the camera based on thefollowing formula:

${{f_{3}{\_ dis}} = {{f_{2}{\_ min}} + {\left( {{L\_ dis} - {L\_ min}} \right)*\left( \frac{{f_{2}{\_ max}} - {f_{2}{\_ min}}}{{L\_ max} - {L\_ min}} \right)}}},$where

L_min is a minimum distance between the camera and theto-be-photographed object, f_(2_)min is a minimum FOV valuecorresponding to the minimum distance, L_max is a maximum distancebetween the camera and the to-be-photographed object, f_(2_)max is amaximum FOV value corresponding to the maximum distance, and L_dis isthe distance between the camera and the to-be-photographed object duringcollection of the first preview picture.

In a possible implementation, the processor is further configured todetermine M FOV values based on M of the N pieces of information, wherethe M pieces of information are in one-to-one correspondence with the MFOV values, and M is less than or equal to N; and determine a largestvalue in the M FOV values as the third FOV value.

In a possible implementation, the processor is further configured to:before adjusting the second FOV value to the third FOV value when it isdetected that the quantity of the at least one target human face in thefirst preview picture is greater than the first preset value, detecthuman face information of the first preview picture, where the humanface information includes at least one piece of the followinginformation: a quantity of at least one human face, pixels of each humanface, a location of each human face, or a turning angle of each humanface; and determine the quantity of the at least one target human facebased on the human face information.

In a possible implementation, the processor is further configured to:before adjusting the second FOV value to the third FOV value when it isdetected that the quantity of the at least one target human face in thefirst preview picture is greater than the first preset value, and theratio of the pixels of the first target human face in the at least onetarget human face to the pixels of the first preview picture is lessthan the second preset value, determine human face pixels correspondingto a human face box of each target human face and human face pixelscorresponding to each of at least one target facial organ included ineach target human face, where the target facial organ is an eye, a nose,or a mouth; and determine the pixels of each target human face based onthe human face pixels corresponding to the human face box of each targethuman face and the human face pixels corresponding to each of the atleast one target facial organ.

In a possible implementation, the processor is further configured to:determine pixels of a first target facial organ in the at least onetarget facial organ; perform multi-frame smoothing processing on thepixels of the first target facial organ, to obtain a ratio of the pixelsof the first target facial organ to the human face pixels correspondingto the human face box in the first preview picture; and determine humanface pixels corresponding to the first target facial organ based on thepixels of the first target facial organ and the ratio of the pixels ofthe first target facial organ to the human face pixels corresponding tothe human face box.

In a possible implementation, the processor is further configured to:before determining the human face pixels corresponding to the human facebox of each target human face and the human face pixels corresponding toeach of the at least one target facial organ included in each targethuman face, obtain a confidence of a first facial organ, where the firstfacial organ is an eye, a nose, or a mouth; and determine the firstfacial organ as the target facial organ based on the confidence of thefirst facial organ and a preset confidence threshold.

In a possible implementation, a definition of the first preview pictureis higher than a definition of the image, and the processor is furtherconfigured to: before outputting the image that is photographed by thecamera based on the third FOV value, crop the first preview picture at afirst rate, to obtain an edge picture of the first preview picture; andperform definition compensation processing on the image based on theedge picture, to obtain the processed image.

According to a fourth aspect, this application provides anotherterminal, where the terminal includes a processor, a memory, a display,a first camera, and a second camera, where the first camera and thesecond camera are disposed in parallel on a body of the terminal, and

the first camera and the second camera are configured to photograph astatic or dynamic image;

the memory is configured to store the image photographed by the firstcamera and/or the second camera;

the display is configured to display the image photographed by the firstcamera and/or the second camera; and

the processor is configured to obtain a first preview picture collectedby the first camera or the second camera, where an angle of view FOV ofthe first camera is a first FOV value, a FOV of the second camera is asecond FOV value, the first FOV value is less than the second FOV value,the first preview picture is collected based on a third FOV value, andthe third FOV value is less than the second FOV value; adjust the thirdFOV value to a fourth FOV value when it is detected that a quantity ofat least one target human face in the first preview picture is greaterthan a first preset value, where the fourth FOV value is greater thanthe third FOV value; and perform camera switching based on the fourthFOV value.

According to the camera switching method provided in this embodiment ofthis application, when detecting that the first preview picture meets aFOV adjustment condition, the terminal can automatically increase theFOV value, and automatically perform camera switching based on theadjusted FOV value, to improve a photographing effect of the terminal.

In a possible implementation, the processor is further configured toswitch from the first camera to the second camera if the first previewpicture is collected by the first camera and the fourth FOV value isgreater than the first FOV value; or switch from the second camera tothe first camera if the first preview picture is collected by the secondcamera and the fourth FOV value is less than or equal to the first FOVvalue.

In a possible implementation, the processor is further configured toadjust the third FOV value to the fourth FOV value when it is detectedthat the quantity of the at least one target human face in the firstpreview picture is greater than the first preset value, and a ratio ofpixels of a first target human face in the at least one target humanface to pixels of the first preview picture is less than a second presetvalue, where the pixels of the first target human face are greater thanpixels of each target human face.

In a possible implementation, the processor is further configured to:before adjusting the third FOV value to the fourth FOV value when it isdetected that the quantity of the at least one target human face in thefirst preview picture is greater than the first preset value, obtainimage information of the first preview picture, where the imageinformation includes at least one piece of the following information:the quantity of the at least one target human face, the pixels of eachtarget human face, a location of each target human face, a distortionparameter of the camera collecting the first preview picture, a focallength of the camera collecting the first preview picture, and adistance between the camera collecting the first preview picture and ato-be-photographed object; and determine the fourth FOV value based onthe image information.

According to a fifth aspect, this application provides a photographingapparatus configured to perform the photographing method in the firstaspect or the implementations of the first aspect. Specifically, thephotographing apparatus includes units configured to perform thephotographing method in the first aspect or the implementations of thefirst aspect.

According to a sixth aspect, this application provides anotherphotographing apparatus configured to perform the photographing methodin the second aspect or the implementations of the second aspect.Specifically, the photographing apparatus includes units configured toperform the photographing method in the second aspect or theimplementations of the second aspect.

According to a seventh aspect, this application provides a computerprogram product including an instruction, and when the computer programproduct runs on a computer, the computer performs the photographingmethod in the first aspect or the implementations of the first aspect.

According to an eighth aspect, this application provides anothercomputer program product including an instruction, and when the computerprogram product runs on a computer, the computer performs thephotographing method in the second aspect or the implementations of thesecond aspect.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a photographing apparatusaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a photographing method according toan embodiment of this application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for determining pixels of atarget human face according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of another photographing methodaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a photographing apparatusaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of another photographing apparatusaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of still another photographingapparatus according to an embodiment of this application; and

FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram of still another photographingapparatus according to an embodiment of this application.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The following describes the technical solutions in this application withreference to accompanying drawings.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of this application may beapplied to all terminals having cameras. The terminal may be mobile orfixed. For example, the terminal may be a camera, a video camera, atablet personal computer, a smart television, a laptop computer, apersonal digital assistant (PDA), a personal computer, or a wearabledevice such as a smartwatch. This is not limited in the embodiments ofthis application.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a photographing apparatus100 according to an embodiment of this application. The photographingapparatus 100 includes at least one camera (a camera 101), at least oneimage sensor (FIG. 1 shows an image sensor 102), a memory 103, a display104, a human face detection engine 105, a processor 106, a target humanface detection engine 107, a FOV calculation engine 108, and a FOVadjustment engine 109. A FOV of the camera is a first FOV value.

Optionally, the photographing apparatus provided in this embodiment ofthis application may be an independent apparatus, or may be integratedin a terminal, or may be a terminal. This is not limited in thisembodiment of this application.

It should be understood that a range that a camera can cover is referredto as an angle of view (FOV), and an object beyond the angle of view isnot displayed in an imaging area of the camera. The angle of view isgenerally represented by an angle, and an area included in a visibleimage formed by a to-be-photographed object on a focal point planethrough the camera is referred to as a field of view. The camera in thisembodiment of this application may be a camera of a terminal.

Optionally, the first FOV value may be a maximum capability value of thecamera, and a second FOV value may be a photographable value of thecamera. In other words, the second FOV value is less than the first FOVvalue, and the FOV of the camera may be adjusted between thephotographable value and the maximum value.

The camera 101 is configured to capture information about ato-be-photographed scene. The to-be-photographed scene includes ato-be-photographed background and/or a to-be-photographed person. Thecamera captures an image based on the second FOV value. The second FOVvalue is less than the first FOV value.

The image sensor 102 is configured to present, in an imaging area, animage that is captured by the camera 101 and that is of a static ordynamic to-be-photographed object, and transfer the image to the memory.

The memory 103 is configured to store the image transferred by the imagesensor 102.

The display 104 is configured to display the image stored in the memory103.

The processor 105 is configured to control the human face detectionengine 106, the target human face detection engine 107, the FOVcalculation engine 108, and the FOV adjustment engine 109 to adjust theFOV value of the camera.

The human face detection engine 106 is configured to obtain the imagefrom the memory 103, and recognize a human face in the image.

The target human face detection engine 107 is configured to detect atarget human face in all human faces recognized by the human facedetection engine 106.

The FOV calculation engine 108 is configured to determine an optimum FOVvalue when the target human face detection engine 107 detects that aquantity of target human faces in the image is greater than a firstpreset value. The optimum FOV value is greater than the second FOVvalue, and the optimum FOV value is less than or equal to the first FOVvalue.

The FOV adjustment engine 109 is configured to adjust the FOV of thecamera based on the optimum FOV value obtained by the FOV calculationengine 108.

Optionally, when the optimum FOV value is greater than the capabilityvalue of the camera, the capability value of the camera is used as theoptimum FOV value. In other words, the optimum FOV value is less than orequal to the first FOV value.

It should be understood that a quantity of target human faces in apicture being greater than the first preset value means that a userwants to photograph a relatively large quantity of persons, and somehuman faces may be not included in the picture. In this case, to presentall to-be-photographed human faces in the picture, an angle of view ofthe camera needs to be enlarged, to present, in the picture, all humanfaces that the user wants to photograph.

The photographing apparatus provided in this embodiment of thisapplication can automatically increase the FOV of the camera to meet aphotographing requirement of the user, improving a photographing effect.

Optionally, the photographing apparatus provided in this embodiment ofthis application may include a plurality of cameras, for example, afirst camera and a second camera. A FOV of the first camera is a firstFOV value, and a FOV of the second camera is a second FOV value. Thephotographing apparatus may obtain a picture photographed by the firstcamera or the second camera, where the picture is photographed based ona third FOV value. The photographing apparatus may perform FOVcalculation based on image information of the picture to obtain anoptimum FOV value, and switch between the plurality of cameras based onthe FOV value.

Optionally, the photographing apparatus may preset the first camera as aprimary camera and the second camera as a secondary camera. When aphotographing function of the photographing apparatus is enabled, theprimary camera is used by default for photographing. After determiningthe optimum FOV value, the photographing apparatus switches to a mostappropriate camera based on the optimum FOV value. This is not limitedin this embodiment of this application.

The photographing apparatus provided in this embodiment of thisapplication can automatically switch between the plurality of camerasdepending on a to-be-photographed scene requirement.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a photographing method 200 accordingto an embodiment of this application. The photographing method 200 maybe performed by, for example, a terminal, and the terminal includes acamera. This embodiment of this application is not limited thereto.

S210. Obtain a first preview picture collected by a camera, where anangle of view FOV of the camera is a first FOV value, the cameracollects the first preview picture based on a second FOV value, and thesecond FOV value is less than the first FOV value.

S220. Adjust the second FOV value to a third FOV value when it isdetected that a quantity of at least one target human face in the firstpreview picture is greater than a first preset value, where the thirdFOV value is greater than the second FOV value, and the third FOV valueis less than or equal to the first FOV value.

S230. Output an image that is photographed by the camera based on thethird FOV value.

Optionally, the first FOV value may be a maximum capability value of thecamera, and the second FOV value may be a photographable value of thecamera. In other words, the second FOV value is less than the first FOVvalue, and the FOV of the camera may be adjusted between thephotographable value and the maximum value.

For example, the maximum FOV value of the camera may be 90 degrees, andthe photographable FOV value of the camera may be 80 degrees. This isnot limited in this embodiment of this application.

Optionally, alternatively, the first FOV value may be a FOV valueadjusted in previous photographing of the terminal, and the second FOVvalue may be a photographable value used in current photographing. Thisis not limited in this embodiment of this application.

According to the photographing method provided in this embodiment ofthis application, when detecting that the first preview picture meets aFOV adjustment condition, the terminal may automatically increase theFOV value of the camera, thereby improving a photographing effect of theterminal.

Optionally, the photographing method provided in this embodiment of thisapplication further includes: When detecting that the quantity of the atleast one target human face in the first preview picture is less than orequal to a third preset value, the terminal may adjust the second FOVvalue to a fourth FOV value, and output an image that is collected basedon the fourth FOV value. The fourth FOV value is less than or equal tothe second FOV value.

According to the photographing method provided in this embodiment ofthis application, when detecting that the first preview picture does notmeet a FOV adjustment condition, the terminal may maintain the FOV valuecurrently used by the camera, or automatically reduce the FOV value ofthe camera.

For ease of description, in the following description, a ratio of pixelsof a human face/pixels of a target human face/the pixels of the firsttarget human face to pixels of the first preview picture is collectivelyreferred to as a pixel ratio of the human face/the target human face/thefirst target human face.

Optionally, in S220, the terminal may perform FOV calculation andadjustment when detecting that at least one of the pixel ratio of thefirst target human face or the quantity of the at least one target humanface meets a FOV adjustment condition. This is not limited in thisembodiment of this application.

It should be understood that a quantity of target human faces beinggreater than the first preset value means that a user wants tophotograph a relatively large quantity of persons, and some human facesmay be not included in the picture. In this case, to present allto-be-photographed human faces in the picture, a photographing angle ofview of the camera needs to be enlarged, to present, in the picture, allhuman faces that the user wants to photograph.

It should also be understood that the pixel ratio of the first targethuman face being less than a second preset value means that the userwants to photograph a relatively large background range, and somebackground pictures may be not included in the picture. In this case, topresent all to-be-photographed backgrounds in the picture, thephotographing angle of view of the camera needs to be enlarged, topresent, in the picture, all sights that the user wants to photograph.

It should also be understood that the quantity of the target human facesbeing greater than the first preset value and the pixel ratio of thefirst target human face is less than the second preset value means thatthe user wants to take a group photo including more background sights.In this case, to meet a photographing requirement of the user, thephotographing angle of view of the camera needs to be enlarged, topresent, in the picture, all to-be-photographed scenes that the userwants to photograph.

Optionally, the first preset value is a human face quantity threshold,and the second preset value is a pixel ratio threshold. The first presetvalue and the second preset value may be set by the user based on arequirement or experience of the user, or set by the terminal based onhistorical setting or recording, and the FOV of the camera can bemaximally adjusted only to the maximum capability value of the camera.

In an optional embodiment, when detecting that the quantity of the atleast one target human face in the first preview picture is greater thanthe first preset value, the terminal may adjust the second FOV value tothe third FOV value. The third FOV value is greater than the second FOVvalue.

For example, the user wants to take a group photo of seven persons, thecamera collects the first preview picture based on an 80-degreephotographable FOV, and the human face quantity threshold is preset tothree human faces. When it is detected that the first preview pictureincludes six human faces, it indicates that the user wants the camera tophotograph currently presented six persons or more persons. Therefore,the angle of view of the camera may be enlarged by increasing the FOVvalue, so that all to-be-photographed human faces are included in thepicture.

In another optional embodiment, when detecting that the pixel ratio ofthe first target human face is less than the second preset value, theterminal may adjust the second FOV value to the third FOV value. Thepixels of the first target human face are largest in pixels of all ofthe at least one target human face. In other words, the first targethuman face may be a main person in the picture.

For example, the user wants to photograph with the Eiffel Tower as abackground, the camera collects the first preview picture based on an80-degree photographable FOV, the pixels of the first preview pictureare 800,000 pixels, and the human face pixel ratio threshold is presetto 5%. When detecting that the pixel ratio of the first target humanface in the first preview picture is 3%, it indicates that the userwants that the camera can present the Eiffel Tower in the picture asmuch as possible. Therefore, the angle of view of the camera may beenlarged by increasing the FOV value, so that all to-be-photographedbackgrounds are included in the picture.

Optionally, the pixels of the first target human face may be greaterthan pixels of each target human face in the first preview picture, orthe pixels of the first target human face may be greater than a sum ofpixels of all the target human faces in the first preview picture. Thisis not limited in this embodiment of this application.

Optionally, before S220, the terminal may obtain image information ofthe first preview picture, and determine the third FOV value based onthe image information.

Optionally, the terminal may smoothly adjust the second FOV value to thethird FOV value, for example, increase a FOV value of each frame by onedegree, to avoid a frame skip in a photographed picture.

Optionally, the image information may include at least one piece of thefollowing information: the quantity of the at least one target humanface, the pixels of each target human face, a location of each targethuman face, a distortion parameter of the camera during collection ofthe first preview picture, a focal length of the camera duringcollection of the first preview picture, and a distance between thecamera and a to-be-photographed object during collection of the firstpreview picture.

In an optional embodiment, the terminal may pre-store a first mappingrelationship between a quantity of human faces and a FOV value, anddetermine the third FOV value based on the quantity of the target humanfaces and the first mapping relationship.

For example, the terminal may preset a corresponding FOV value of thecamera to 80 degrees when a quantity of human faces is 3, and preset acorresponding FOV value of the camera to 85 degrees when a quantity ofhuman faces is 4. Then, when detecting that the quantity of the targethuman faces in the first preview picture is 3, the terminal may increasea current photographing FOV of the camera from 80 degrees to 85 degrees.

In another optional embodiment, the terminal may pre-store the humanface quantity threshold and a second mapping relationship between ahuman face quantity difference and a FOV adjustment value, calculate ahuman face quantity difference based on the quantity of the target humanfaces in the first preview picture and the human face quantitythreshold, and determine the third FOV value based on the human facequantity difference and the second mapping relationship.

For example, the terminal may preset the human face quantity thresholdto 3, and calculate a human face quantity difference as 2 when detectingthat the quantity of the target human faces in the first preview pictureis 5, and then based on a second mapping relationship of increasing aFOV value by two degrees for each one more human face, the terminal mayadjust a current photographing FOV of the camera from 80 degrees to 82degrees.

In still another optional embodiment, the terminal may pre-store a thirdmapping relationship between a pixel ratio of a human face and a FOVvalue, and determine the third FOV value based on the pixel ratio of thefirst target human face and the third mapping relationship.

For example, the terminal may preset a corresponding FOV value of thecamera to 80 degrees when a pixel ratio of a human face is 5%, andpreset a corresponding FOV value of the camera to 82 degrees when apixel ratio of a human face is 4%. When detecting that the pixel ratioof the first target human face in the first preview picture is 4%, theterminal adjusts the FOV of the camera from current 80 degrees to 82degrees. This is not limited in this embodiment of this application.

In still another optional embodiment, the terminal may alternativelydetermine the third FOV value based on a fourth mapping relationshipbetween a pixel ratio difference of the first target human face and aFOV adjustment value. This is not limited in this embodiment of thisapplication.

For example, the terminal may preset the pixel ratio threshold of thefirst target human face to 5%, and when the pixel ratio of the firsttarget human face in the first preview picture is 2%, calculate a pixelratio difference of the first target human face as 3%, and then based ona fourth mapping relationship of increasing a FOV value by one degreefor each 1%-decrease in a pixel ratio, the terminal may adjust a currentphotographing FOV of the camera from 80 degrees to 83 degrees.

In still another optional embodiment, the terminal may determine thethird FOV value based on the quantity of the target human faces and thepixel ratio of the first target human face.

For example, the third FOV value may be determined by using thefollowing code:

If N_face >= N₁ FOV 3 = f₁; Else if N_face <= 0 FOV 3 = f₂; Else IfA_mainFace >=A₁ FOV 3 = f₃; Else if A_mainFace <A₁ && A_mainFace>0 FOV 3= f₄; End End,

where N_face represents the quantity of the target human faces, N₁ isthe human face quantity threshold, A_mainFace represents the pixel ratioof the first target human face, where the pixel ratio of the firsttarget human face is greater than a pixel ratio of each of the othertarget human faces, A₁ is the human face pixel ratio threshold of thefirst target human face, f₁, f₂, f₃, and f₄ are preset FOV values,f₄>f₃, f₁>f₂, and f₁ and f₄ are both less than or equal to the maximumFOV value of the camera.

In another optional embodiment, the terminal may determine the third FOVvalue based on a location of a target human face.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of this application,the location of the target human face may be represented by proximity ofa center coordinate point of the human face to a center point of acamera screen, namely, represented by a paraxial value of the targethuman face. A larger paraxial value indicates that the target human faceis more proximal to the screen center. For example, if the centercoordinate point of the target human face is at the center point of thescreen, the paraxial value of the target human face may be defined asR₁; if the center coordinate point of the target human face is at ascreen edge, the paraxial value of the target human face may be definedas R₀; if the center coordinate point of the human face is at anotherlocation of the screen, the paraxial value of the target human face maybe defined as R_(i).

For example, it is assumed that R₁ is 1, and a FOV value correspondingto R₁ is 80 degrees; it is assumed that R₀ is 0, and a FOV valuecorresponding to R₀ is 90 degrees. The terminal may preset a fifthmapping relationship between a paraxial value and a FOV value. Forexample, the FOV value is increased by one degree for each 0.1-decreasein a value of R_(i). In this case, the terminal may determine the thirdFOV value based on the fifth mapping relationship and a smallestparaxial value in paraxial values of all human faces in the firstpreview picture. This is not limited in this embodiment of thisapplication.

In still another optional embodiment, the terminal may determine, basedon the distortion parameter of the camera and a first resolution of thefirst preview picture, a picture loss of each of P pixels included inthe first preview picture at the first resolution, where the firstresolution is corresponding to the second FOV value; determine Q pixelsthat are in the P pixels and whose picture losses are less than a presetpicture loss threshold as a second resolution, where Q is less than orequal to P, and the second resolution is less than or equal to the firstresolution; and determine the third FOV value based on the firstresolution, the second resolution, and the second FOV value.

It should be understood that the distortion parameter is an inherentattribute of a photographing apparatus, and is used to describe apossible picture loss of a pixel at each location in a picturephotographed by the photographing apparatus.

For example, it is assumed that the first resolution of the firstpreview picture is 1024×768. That is, in the picture, each horizontalline includes 1024 pixels, and each vertical line includes 768 pixels.Therefore, at the first resolution, the first preview picture has1024×768 pixels in total. The terminal may learn, based on thedistortion parameter, a picture loss of a corresponding picture obtainedafter pixels on each outermost edge are removed from the first previewpicture, to obtain a picture loss of a picture obtained after pixels onthe first horizontal line, pixels on the last horizontal line, pixels onthe first vertical line, and pixels on the last vertical line areremoved from the first preview picture. To be specific, a picture lossof a picture whose resolution is 1022×766 is obtained. If the loss isless than the preset picture loss threshold, it indicates that thepicture is a picture whose picture loss is acceptable, and theresolution corresponding to the picture is determined as the secondresolution. Because the first resolution is corresponding to the secondFOV value, the third FOV value may be determined based on the firstresolution, the second resolution, and the second FOV value.

In still another optional embodiment, the terminal may determine thethird FOV based on the focal length that is used by the camera when thefirst preview picture is collected.

Optionally, a voice coil motor (VCM) is widely used among cameras toimplement an auto-focus function, and the VCM may adjust a focal lengthof a lens, to present a clear image.

The focal length of the camera is a distance from an optical rearprincipal point of the camera to a focal point. A magnitude of the focallength of the camera decides an imaging size, a magnitude of an angle ofview, a magnitude of a depth of field, and a perspective magnitude of apicture during photographing. The magnitude of the focal length decidesa size of an image of a to-be-photographed object on an imaging medium,equivalent to a scale of the object and the image. When a sameto-be-photographed target at a same distance is photographed, a longerfocal length is corresponding to a larger image, and a shorter focallength is corresponding to a smaller image. A focal length of a cameralens varies greatly with different purposes, ranging from a fewmillimeters to a dozen millimeters, and up to several meters. The focallength of the camera may be represented by a value (for example,represented by a value ranging from 100 to 500). The value is defined asa VCM code, namely, Vcm_code.

For example, the terminal may determine the third FOV value f_(3_)codeby using a formula (1):

$\begin{matrix}{{{f_{3}{\_ code}} = {{f_{1}{\_ min}} + {\left( {{Vcm\_ code} - {Vcm\_ min}} \right)*\left( \frac{{f_{1}{\_ max}} - {f_{1}{\_ min}}}{{Vcm\_ max} - {Vcm\_ min}} \right)}}},} & (1)\end{matrix}$

where Vcm_min is a minimum focal length of the camera, f_(1_)min is aminimum FOV value corresponding to the minimum focal length, Vcm_max isa maximum focal length of the camera, f_(1_)max is a maximum FOV valuecorresponding to the maximum focal length, and Vcm_code is the focallength of the camera during collection of the first preview picture.

In still another optional embodiment, the terminal may determine thethird FOV value based on the distance between the camera and theto-be-photographed object during collection of the first previewpicture.

Optionally, the distance between the camera and the to-be-photographedobject may be measured by using a laser ranging device of the terminal.

For example, the terminal may determine the third FOV value f_(3_)dis byusing a formula (2):

$\begin{matrix}{{{f_{3}{\_ dis}} = {{f_{2}{\_ min}} + {\left( {{L\_ dis} - {L\_ min}} \right)*\left( \frac{{f_{2}{\_ max}} - {f_{2}{\_ min}}}{{L\_ max} - {L\_ min}} \right)}}},} & (2)\end{matrix}$

where L_min is a minimum distance between the camera and theto-be-photographed object, f_(2_)min is a minimum FOV valuecorresponding to the minimum distance, L_max is a maximum distancebetween the camera and the to-be-photographed object, f_(2_)max is amaximum FOV value corresponding to the maximum distance, and L_dis isthe distance between the camera and the to-be-photographed object duringcollection of the first preview picture.

Optionally, if the image information includes N pieces of information,where N is greater than or equal to 1, the determining the third FOVvalue based on the image information may be determining M FOV valuesbased on M of the N pieces of information, and determining a largestvalue in the M FOV values as the third FOV value. The M pieces ofinformation are in one-to-one correspondence with the M FOV values, andM is less than or equal to N.

Optionally, before S220, the terminal may detect human face informationof the first preview picture. The human face information includes atleast one piece of the following information: a quantity of at least onehuman face, pixels of each human face, a location of each human face, ora turning angle of each human face; and determine the quantity of the atleast one target human face based on the human face information.

In an optional embodiment, the terminal may determine the quantity ofthe at least one target human face based on the quantity of the at leastone human face.

For example, the terminal may preset the human face quantity thresholdto 4, and when the terminal detects that a quantity of human faces inthe first preview picture is less than or equal to 4, the terminal mayuse all the human faces in the first preview picture as target humanfaces.

In another optional embodiment, the terminal may determine the quantityof the at least one target human face based on the quantity of the atleast one human face and the pixels of each human face.

For example, the terminal may preset the human face quantity thresholdto 4, and when the terminal detects that a quantity of human faces inthe first preview picture is 6, the terminal may use four human faceswhose pixels are largest as target human faces.

In an optional embodiment, the terminal may determine the quantity ofthe at least one target human face based on the pixels of each humanface.

For example, the terminal may preset a pixel threshold of a valid humanface to 3,000 pixels. When the terminal detects four human faces, pixelsof a first human face are 5,000 pixels, pixels of a second human faceare 3,000 pixels, pixels of a third human face are 500 pixels, andpixels of a fourth human face are 1,000 pixels, the terminal maydetermine the first human face and the second human face whose pixelsare greater than the human face pixel threshold as target human faces.Therefore, the quantity of the target human faces is 2.

In an optional embodiment, the terminal may determine the quantity ofthe at least one target human face based on the quantity of the at leastone human face, the pixels of each human face, the location of eachhuman face, and the turning angle of each human face.

For example, it is assumed that a quantity faceNum of human faces in acurrent scene is obtained based on a human face detection algorithmengine. If faceNum is 0, that is, there is no human face, a currentquantity of target human faces is 0. If faceNum is 1, that is, there isone human face, if the human face is a frontal face (left and rightturning angles≤45 degrees), and a location of the human face is fixed,the human face is defined as a valid human face; if the human face is anon-frontal face (left and right turning angles>45 degrees), or thehuman face is moving, the human face is defined as an invalid humanface. If faceNum≥2, first, an area of each human face is calculated andwhether a location of the human face is fixed is detected, and then ahuman face occupying a largest area and having a fixed location isselected as a “main valid human face”. All moving human faces areexcluded. For another human face that has a fixed location and that isnot a “main valid human face”, it is determined whether a ratio of ahuman face area of the human face to that of the “main valid human face”is greater than a first threshold. If the ratio is greater than thefirst threshold, the human face is defined as a “secondary valid humanface”. Otherwise, the human face is defined as an invalid human face.

All “main valid human faces” and “secondary valid human faces” may bedefined as target human faces, namely, protagonists in the picture. Allinvalid human faces are defined as passerby faces, namely, backgroundsin the picture.

Optionally, the terminal may spatially establish a virtual spherecentered on a “main valid human face” in the first preview picture witha first length as a radius. If detecting that a “secondary valid humanface” is spatially located outside the virtual sphere, the terminalconsiders the “secondary valid human face” as an invalid human face. Inother words, the “secondary valid human face” is possibly of anunrelated passerby near a close shot of the camera. Otherwise, theterminal considers the “secondary valid human face” as a target humanface. Similarly, in this embodiment of this application, athree-dimensional space, centered on the “main valid face”, of anothershape may be established, or a center axis of the first preview picturemay be used as a center. This is not limited in this embodiment of thisapplication.

According to the photographing method provided in this embodiment ofthis application, a valid target human face is determined from humanfaces in the first preview picture, thereby improving accuracy of aphotographed picture.

Optionally, the terminal may crop the first preview picture at a firstrate to obtain an edge picture of the first preview picture, and performdefinition compensation processing on the output image based on the edgepicture, to obtain a higher-definition output image.

In an optional embodiment, the terminal may crop the first previewpicture at the first rate to obtain the edge picture of the firstpreview picture, and perform, based on the edge picture, single-framelossless amplification processing on the output image at a second rate,to compensate for a definition of the output image. The first rate isgreater than 1, the second rate is greater than 0 and less than 1, andthe first rate and the second rate are reciprocal of each other.

Optionally, in addition to performing image processing to increase thedefinition of the output image, the terminal may further increase aresolution or the like of the output image to optimize the output image.This is not limited in this embodiment of this application.

According to the photographing method provided in this embodiment ofthis application, because the first preview picture is collected by theterminal based on the second FOV value, the output image is collected bythe terminal based on the third FOV value, and the second FOV value isless than the third FOV value, the definition of the output image isless than the definition of the first preview picture, and the terminalmay increase the definition of the output image through definitioncompensation.

The following describes a method for calculating pixels of a targethuman face in an embodiment of this application.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method 300 for calculating pixelsof a target human face according to an embodiment of this application.The method 300 may be performed by, for example, a target human facedetection engine.

S301: Obtain a confidence of a first facial organ of a target humanface, where the first facial organ is at least one of an eye, a nose,and a mouth.

It should be understood that, in a photographing process of a camera, acoordinate point may become an invalid coordinate point due to a jitteror another reason.

Optionally, the target human face detection engine excludes, based on apreset first confidence threshold and a confidence of each of at leastone coordinate point corresponding to the first facial organ, acoordinate point whose confidence is less than the first confidencethreshold, namely, excludes an invalid coordinate point and retains avalid coordinate point that is relatively reliable, and obtains theconfidence of the first facial organ based on the valid coordinatepoint, thereby improving accuracy of facial organ detection.

S302: Determine the first facial organ as a target facial organ based onthe confidence of the first facial organ and a preset confidencethreshold.

Optionally, the target human face detection engine may determine thefirst facial organ as a target facial organ based on the confidence ofthe first facial organ and a preset second confidence threshold.

In an optional embodiment, it is assumed that there are a plurality offirst facial organs, and in this case, the target human face detectionengine may use a first facial organ that is in the plurality of firstfacial organs and whose confidence is greater than the second confidencethreshold as a target facial organ.

S303; Determine pixels of the target facial organ and human face pixelscorresponding to a human face box of the target human face.

For example, the target human face detection engine may define at leastone coordinate point of the human face box by using a Coordinate[N]structure, and determine, based on the at least one coordinate point,the human face pixels A₁ corresponding to the human face box. TheCoordinate[N] structure may be defined as follows:

typedef struct tagFaceCoordinates { unsigned short xTopLeft; unsignedshort xTopLeft; unsigned short xBottomRight; unsigned shortyBottomRight; }TFaceCoordinates;

It can be learned from the foregoing code that the human face box may berepresented by coordinates (xTopLeft, xTopLeft) of a top left point andcoordinates (xBottomRight, yBottomRight) of a bottom right point of thehuman face box. In this embodiment of this application, the human facebox may alternatively be represented by another human face box featurepoint. This embodiment of this application is not limited thereto.

For another example, the target human face detection engine may defineat least one coordinate point of the first facial organ by using aFaceInfo structure. The FaceInfo structure may be defined as follows:

typedef struct tagFaceInfo { strPoint ptPoint[12]; int confidence[12];}TFaceInfo;

It can be learned from the foregoing code that the first facial organincludes at least one of a left eye, a right eye, a nose, and a mouth.The left human eye includes an inner corner point, a center point, andan outer corner point, the right human eye includes an inner cornerpoint, a center point, and an outer corner point, the nose includes aleft nostril point and a right nostril point, and the mouth includes aleft corner point, a right corner point, a center point, and a lip pointabove the center point. In this embodiment of this application, the eye,the nose, and the mouth may alternatively be represented by otherfeature points, or the first facial organ may further include anotherfacial organ, for example, may further include an eyebrow or an ear.This embodiment of this application is not limited thereto.

Optionally, it can be learned from the faceInfo structure that eachcoordinate point has a confidence, 12 coordinate points have 12confidences in total, confidences of the four facial organs arerespectively represented by C_leftEye, C_rightEye, C_nose, and C_mouth,and the confidences of the facial organs are obtained based onconfidences of used coordinate points or valid coordinate points.

For example, using pixels of the left eye and the confidence of the lefteye as an example, pixels and a confidence of a facial organ may bedefined as follows:

Define CF_threshold as the valid feature; //for leftEye IfC_leftEye_innerPoint >= CF_threshold &&C_leftEye_outerPoint >=CF_threshold S_eye =LensOfTwoPoint(P_leftEye_innerPoint, P_leftEye_outerPoint); C_eye =(C_leftEye_innerPoint + C_leftEye_outerPoint) >> 1; Else ifC_leftEye_innerPoint >= CF_threshold If C_leftEye_centerPoint >=CF_threshold S_eye = LensOfTwoPoint(P_leftEye_innerPoint, P_leftEye_(—)centerPoint) << 1; C_eye = (C_leftEye_innerPoint +C_leftEye_centerPoint) >> 1; Else S_eye = 0; C_eye = 0; Else ifC_leftEye_outerPoint >=CF_threshold If C_leftEye_centerPoint >=CF_threshold S_eye = LensOfTwoPoint(P_leftEye_ outerPoint, P_leftEye_(—)centerPoint) << 1; C_eye = (C_leftEye_ outerPoint + C_leftEye_centerPoint) >> 1; Else S_eye = 0: C_eye = 0; Else S_eye = 0: C_eye = 0;

Optionally, the target human face detection engine may calculate thepixels S_leftEye of the left eye and pixels S_rightEye of the right eye,and obtain maximum human eye pixels S_eye based on S_leftEye andS_rightEye. Similarly, the target human face detection engine calculatespixels S_nose of the nose by using at least one coordinate pointdescribing the nose, and calculates pixels S_mouth of the mouth by usingat least one coordinate point of the mouth.

In an optional embodiment, it is assumed that confidences of the innercorner point, the outer corner point, and the center point of the lefteye are respectively C_leftEye_innerPoint, C_leftEye_outerPoint, andC_leftEye_centerPoint, and coordinates of the inner corner point, theouter corner point, and the center point of the left eye arerespectively P_leftEye_innerPoint, P_leftEye_outerPoint, andP_leftEye_centerPoint. If A_eye is calculated by using S_leftEye, C_eyeis C_leftEye; otherwise, C_eye is C_rightEye.

Optionally, the target human face detection engine may set a thresholdC_threshold, and define an organ whose C_eye, C_nose, or C_mouth isgreater than or equal to C_threshold as a target facial organ.

S304: Perform multi-frame smoothing processing on the pixels of thetarget facial organ, to obtain a ratio of the pixels of the targetfacial organ to the human face pixels corresponding to the human facebox of the target human face.

S305: Determine human face pixels corresponding to the target facialorgan based on the pixels of the target facial organ and the ratio ofthe pixels of the target facial organ to the human face pixelscorresponding to the human face box.

In an optional embodiment, the target human face detection engine mayrespectively estimate ratios R_eye, R_nose, and R_mouth of S_eye,S_nose, and S_mouth of a current frame to A₁, and then calculate humanface areas A_eye, A_nose, and A_mouth corresponding to the facial organsby using S_eye, S_nose, and S_mouth.

S306: Determine pixels of the target human face based on the human facepixels corresponding to the human face box of the target human face andhuman face pixels corresponding to each target facial organ.

In an optional embodiment, the target human face detection engine maydetermine the pixels of the target human face based on A₁ and the humanface pixels (A_eye, A_nose, and A_mouth) corresponding to the targetorgans.

Optionally, a terminal may set a threshold R_threshold, respectivelycalculate ratios RA_eye, RA_nose, and RA_mouth of the human face pixelscorresponding to the facial organs to A₁, and sum and average pixels ofa facial organ whose ratio is within [R_threshold, 1/R_threshold] andthe human face pixels A₁ corresponding to the human face box, to obtainfinal pixels of the target human face.

According to the photographing method provided in this embodiment ofthis application, the final pixels of the target human face are obtainedbased on pixels of the target human face that are obtained from aplurality of different perspectives, thereby improving detectionaccuracy of the target human face.

Optionally, the photographing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 may include aplurality of cameras. Optionally, the plurality of cameras may be, forexample, disposed in parallel on the photographing apparatus. Theplurality of cameras may be front-facing cameras, or the plurality ofcamera may be rear-facing cameras. This is not limited in thisembodiment of this application. In a photographing process, cameraswitching may be performed depending on different photographing scenesand user requirements.

FIG. 4 shows a photographing method 400 provided in an embodiment ofthis application. The photographing method is used by a terminal toperform camera switching in a photographing process.

S410: Obtain a first preview picture collected by the first camera orthe second camera, where an angle of view of the first camera is a firstFOV value, an angle of view of the second camera is a second FOV value,the first FOV value is less than the second FOV value, the first previewpicture is collected based on a third FOV value, and the third FOV valueis less than the second FOV value.

S420: Adjust the third FOV value to a fourth FOV value when it isdetected that a quantity of at least one target human face in the firstpreview picture is greater than a first preset value, where the fourthFOV value is greater than the third FOV value.

S430: Perform camera switching based on the fourth FOV value.

Optionally, the first FOV value may be a maximum capability value of thefirst camera, the second FOV value may be a maximum capability value ofthe second camera, and the first preview picture is collected by thefirst camera or the second camera based on the third FOV value. This isnot limited in this embodiment of this application.

It should be understood that, if the first preview picture is collectedby the first camera, a photographable value of the first camera is thethird FOV value, if the first preview picture is collected by the secondcamera, a photographable value of the second camera is the third FOVvalue, and the FOV of the first camera or the second camera may beadjusted between the photographable value and the maximum value.

Optionally, in S420, when detecting that the first preview picture meetsa FOV adjustment condition, the terminal adjusts the FOV, and performscamera switching based on a FOV value calculation result.

Optionally, the terminal may adjust the FOV when the first previewpicture meets at least one of the following FOV adjustment conditions:the quantity of the at least one target human face in the first previewpicture is greater than the first preset value, or a ratio of pixels ofa first target human face in the at least one target human face topixels of the first preview picture is less than a second preset value.The pixels of the first target human face are greater than pixels ofeach target human face.

Optionally, in S430, the performing camera switching based on the fourthFOV value may be switching from the first camera to the second camera ifthe first preview picture is collected by the first camera and thefourth FOV value is greater than the first FOV value; or switching fromthe second camera to the first camera if the first preview picture iscollected by the second camera and the fourth FOV value is less than orequal to the first FOV value.

In an optional embodiment, if the first preview picture is collected bythe first camera based on the third FOV value (in other words, the thirdFOV value is less than the maximum capability value of the firstcamera), and the fourth FOV value is greater than the first FOV valueand less than or equal to the second FOV value, the terminal mayphotograph based on the maximum capability value of the FOV of the firstcamera, or switch from the first camera to the second camera, andphotograph based on the fourth FOV value of the second camera. When theswitched-to second camera is used to photograph, a larger photographingangle of view is used and a photographing effect is better. If thefourth FOV value is greater than the second FOV value, the terminal mayswitch from the first camera to the second camera, and photograph basedon the maximum capability value of the FOV of the second camera.

In another optional embodiment, if the first preview picture iscollected by the second camera based on the third FOV value (in otherwords, the third FOV value is less than the maximum capability value ofthe second camera), and the fourth FOV value is less than or equal tothe first FOV value, the terminal may use the first camera or the secondcamera to photograph. When the switched-to first camera is used tophotograph, a picture has a higher definition. Optionally, if the fourthFOV value is greater than the second FOV value, the terminal mayphotograph based on the maximum capability value of the FOV of thesecond camera.

For example, it is assumed that the maximum FOV value of the firstcamera is 60 degrees, the maximum FOV value of the second camera is 100degrees, the first camera having a small angle of view is a primarycamera, and the second camera having a large angle of view is asecondary camera. In this case, the terminal first uses the primarycamera to photograph when started. If the first preview picture that iscollected by the first camera at a 45-degree FOV meets a FOV adjustmentcondition, and it is determined, based on image information of the firstpreview picture, to adjust the photographing angle of view from 45degrees to 60 degrees, the terminal may still use the first camera tophotograph, or may switch from the first camera to the second camera.The second camera photographs at a 60-degree FOV. If it is determined toadjust the photographing angle of view from 45 degrees to 90 degrees,the terminal needs to switch from the currently used first camera to thesecond camera, and use the second camera to photograph at a 90-degreeFOV. If it is determined to adjust the photographing angle of view from45 degrees to 110 degrees, because the capability value of the secondcamera having a large angle of view is 100 degrees, the terminal mayswitch from the first camera to the second camera, and photograph basedon the maximum capability value, namely, 100 degrees, of the FOV of thesecond camera.

For another example, it is assumed that the maximum FOV value of thefirst camera is 60 degrees, the maximum FOV value of the second camerais 100 degrees, the second camera having a large angle of view is aprimary camera, and the first camera having a small angle of view is asecondary camera. In this case, the terminal first uses the primarycamera to photograph when started. If the first preview picture that iscollected by the second camera at an 85-degree FOV meets a FOVadjustment condition, and it is determined, based on image informationof the first preview picture, to adjust the photographing angle of viewfrom 85 degrees to 95 degrees, the terminal photographs based on themaximum capability value, namely, 100 degrees, of the FOV of the secondcamera. If the first preview picture that is collected by the secondcamera at a 45-degree FOV meets a FOV adjustment condition, and it isdetermined, based on image information of the first preview picture, toadjust the photographing angle of view from 45 degrees to 55 degrees,the terminal may still use the second camera to photograph, or mayswitch from the second camera to the first camera. The first cameraphotographs at a 55-degree FOV.

According to the camera switching method provided in this embodiment ofthis application, when it is detected that the first preview picturemeets a FOV adjustment condition, camera switching may be automaticallyperformed, to improve a photographing effect of the terminal.

It should be understood that a method for calculating the fourth FOVvalue in this embodiment of this application is similar to the method inFIG. 2, and to avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

The foregoing describes, with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, thephotographing method and the camera switching method provided in theembodiments of this application, and the following describes, withreference to FIG. 5 to FIG. 8, photographing apparatuses provided in theembodiments of this application.

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a photographing apparatus 500according to an embodiment of this application. The photographingapparatus 500 includes:

an obtaining unit 510 configured to obtain a first preview picturecollected by a camera, where an angle of view FOV of the camera is afirst FOV value, the camera collects the first preview picture based ona second FOV value, and the second FOV value is less than the first FOVvalue;

an adjustment unit 520 configured to adjust the second FOV value to athird FOV value when it is detected that a quantity of at least onetarget human face in the first preview picture obtained by the obtainingunit 510 is greater than a first preset value, where the third FOV valueis greater than the second FOV value, and the third FOV value is lessthan or equal to the first FOV value; and

an output unit 530 configured to output an image that is photographed bythe camera based on the third FOV value adjusted by the adjustment unit.

Optionally, the adjustment unit is further configured to adjust thesecond FOV value to the third FOV value when it is detected that thequantity of the at least one target human face in the first previewpicture is greater than the first preset value, and a ratio of pixels ofa first target human face in the at least one target human face topixels of the first preview picture is less than a second preset value,where the pixels of the first target human face are greater than pixelsof each target human face.

Optionally, the adjustment unit is further configured to: beforeadjusting the second FOV value to the third FOV value when it isdetected that the quantity of the at least one target human face in thefirst preview picture is greater than the first preset value, obtainimage information of the first preview picture, where the imageinformation includes at least one piece of the following information:the quantity of the at least one target human face, the pixels of eachtarget human face, a location of each target human face, a distortionparameter of the camera during collection of the first preview picture,a focal length of the camera during collection of the first previewpicture, and a distance between the camera and a to-be-photographedobject during collection of the first preview picture; and determine thethird FOV value based on the image information.

Optionally, the adjustment unit is further configured to: determine,based on the distortion parameter of the camera and a first resolutionof the first preview picture, a picture loss of each of P pixelsincluded in the first preview picture at the first resolution, where thefirst resolution is corresponding to the second FOV value; determine Qpixels that are in the P pixels and whose picture losses are less than apreset picture loss threshold as a second resolution, where Q is lessthan or equal to P, and the second resolution is less than or equal tothe first resolution; and determine the third FOV value based on thefirst resolution, the second resolution, and the second FOV value.

Optionally, the adjustment unit is further configured to determine thethird FOV value f_(3_)code of the camera based on the foregoing formula(1).

Optionally, the adjustment unit is further configured to determine thethird FOV value f_(3_)dis of the camera based on the foregoing formula(2).

Optionally, the image information includes N pieces of information,where N is greater than or equal to 1, and the adjustment unit isfurther configured to: determine M FOV values based on M of the N piecesof information, where the M pieces of information are in one-to-onecorrespondence with the M FOV values, and M is less than or equal to N;and determine a largest value in the M FOV values as the third FOVvalue.

Optionally, the adjustment unit is further configured to: beforeadjusting the second FOV value to the third FOV value when it isdetected that the quantity of the at least one target human face in thefirst preview picture is greater than the first preset value, detecthuman face information of the first preview picture, where the humanface information includes at least one piece of the followinginformation: a quantity of at least one human face, pixels of each humanface, a location of each human face, or a turning angle of each humanface; and determine the quantity of the at least one target human facebased on the human face information.

Optionally, the adjustment unit is further configured to: beforeadjusting the second FOV value to the third FOV value when it isdetected that the quantity of the at least one target human face in thefirst preview picture is greater than the first preset value, and theratio of the pixels of the first target human face in the at least onetarget human face to the pixels of the first preview picture is lessthan the second preset value, determine human face pixels correspondingto a human face box of each target human face and human face pixelscorresponding to each of at least one target facial organ included ineach target human face, where the target facial organ is an eye, a nose,or a mouth; and determine the pixels of each target human face based onthe human face pixels corresponding to the human face box of each targethuman face and the human face pixels corresponding to each of the atleast one target facial organ.

Optionally, the adjustment unit is further configured to: determinepixels of a first target facial organ in the at least one target facialorgan; perform multi-frame smoothing processing on the pixels of thefirst target facial organ, to obtain a ratio of the pixels of the firsttarget facial organ to the human face pixels corresponding to the humanface box in the first preview picture; and determine human face pixelscorresponding to the first target facial organ based on the pixels ofthe first target facial organ and the ratio of the pixels of the firsttarget facial organ to the human face pixels corresponding to the humanface box.

Optionally, the adjustment unit is further configured to: beforedetermining the human face pixels corresponding to the human face box ofeach target human face and the human face pixels corresponding to eachof the at least one target facial organ included in each target humanface, obtain a confidence of a first facial organ, where the firstfacial organ is an eye, a nose, or a mouth; and determine the firstfacial organ as the target facial organ based on the confidence of thefirst facial organ and a preset confidence threshold.

Optionally, a definition of the first preview picture is higher than adefinition of the image, the photographing apparatus further includes aprocessing unit, and the processing unit is configured to: before theimage that is photographed by the camera based on the third FOV value isoutput, crop the first preview picture at a first rate, to obtain anedge picture of the first preview picture; and perform definitioncompensation processing on the image based on the edge picture, toobtain the processed image.

In an optional example, a person skilled in the art may understand thatthe photographing apparatus 500 may be specifically the terminal in theforegoing method embodiments, and the photographing apparatus 500 may beconfigured to perform processes and/or steps that are in the foregoingmethod embodiments and that correspond to the data sending device. Toavoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

It should be understood that the photographing apparatus 500 herein maybe embodied in a form of a functional unit. The term “unit” herein maybe an application-specific integrated circuit (application-specificintegrated circuit, ASIC), an electronic circuit, a processor (forexample, a shared processor, a dedicated processor, or a groupprocessor) configured to execute one or more software or firmwareprograms and a memory, a merged logic circuit, and/or anotherappropriate component that supports the described functions.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of another photographing apparatus600 according to an embodiment of this application. A terminal includesa first camera and a second camera, the first camera and the secondcamera are disposed in parallel on a body of the terminal, and thephotographing apparatus includes:

an obtaining unit 610 configured to obtain a first preview picturecollected by the first camera or the second camera, where an angle ofview of the first camera is a first FOV value, an angle of view of thesecond camera is a second FOV value, the first FOV value is less thanthe second FOV value, the first preview picture is collected based on athird FOV value, and the third FOV value is less than the second FOVvalue;

an adjustment unit 620 configured to adjust the third FOV value to afourth FOV value when it is detected that a quantity of at least onetarget human face in the first preview picture obtained by the obtainingunit 610 is greater than a first preset value, where the fourth FOVvalue is greater than the third FOV value; and

a switching unit 630 configured to perform camera switching based on thefourth FOV value adjusted by the adjustment unit 620.

Optionally, the switching unit is further configured to switch from thefirst camera to the second camera if the first preview picture iscollected by the first camera and the fourth FOV value is greater thanthe first FOV value; or switch from the second camera to the firstcamera if the first preview picture is collected by the second cameraand the fourth FOV value is less than or equal to the first FOV value.

Optionally, the adjustment unit is further configured to adjust thethird FOV value to the fourth FOV value when it is detected that thequantity of the at least one target human face in the first previewpicture is greater than the first preset value, and a ratio of pixels ofa first target human face in the at least one target human face topixels of the first preview picture is less than a second preset value,where the pixels of the first target human face are greater than pixelsof each target human face.

Optionally, the adjustment unit is further configured to: beforeadjusting the third FOV value to the fourth FOV value when it isdetected that the quantity of the at least one target human face in thefirst preview picture is greater than the first preset value, obtainimage information of the first preview picture, where the imageinformation includes at least one piece of the following information:the quantity of the at least one target human face, the pixels of eachtarget human face, a location of each target human face, a distortionparameter of the camera collecting the first preview picture, a focallength of the camera collecting the first preview picture, and adistance between the camera collecting the first preview picture and ato-be-photographed object; and determine the fourth FOV value based onthe image information.

In an optional example, a person skilled in the art may understand thatthe photographing apparatus 600 may be specifically the terminal in theforegoing method embodiments, and the photographing apparatus 600 may beconfigured to perform processes and/or steps that are in the foregoingmethod embodiments and that correspond to the data sending device. Toavoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

It should be understood that the photographing apparatus 600 herein maybe embodied in a form of a functional unit. The term “unit” herein maybe an ASIC, an electronic circuit, a processor (for example, a sharedprocessor, a dedicated processor, or a group processor) configured toexecute one or more software or firmware programs and a memory, a mergedlogic circuit, and/or another appropriate component that supports thedescribed functions.

FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of still another photographingapparatus 700 according to an embodiment of this application. Thephotographing apparatus 700 includes a processor 710 and a memory 720.

The processor 710 is further configured to:

obtain a first preview picture collected by a camera, where an angle ofview FOV of the camera is a first FOV value, the camera collects thefirst preview picture based on a second FOV value, and the second FOVvalue is less than the first FOV value;

adjust the second FOV value to a third FOV value when it is detectedthat a quantity of at least one target human face in the first previewpicture is greater than a first preset value, where the third FOV valueis greater than the second FOV value, and the third FOV value is lessthan or equal to the first FOV value; and

output an image that is photographed by the camera based on the thirdFOV value.

Optionally, the memory may include a read-only memory and a randomaccess memory, and provide an instruction and data for the processor. Apart of the memory may further include a non-volatile random accessmemory. For example, the memory may further store device typeinformation. The processor 710 may be configured to execute theinstruction stored in the memory, and when the processor executes theinstruction, the processor may perform steps that are in the foregoingmethod embodiments and that correspond to the photographing method.

In an optional example, a person skilled in the art may understand thatthe photographing apparatus 700 may be specifically the terminal in theforegoing embodiment 200, 300, or 400, and the photographing apparatus700 may be configured to perform processes and/or steps that are in theforegoing method embodiment 200, 300, or 400 and that correspond to theterminal. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of this application,the processor may be a central processing unit (CPU), or the processormay be another general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor(DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit ASIC, a fieldprogrammable gate array (FPGA) or another programmable logic device, adiscrete gate or a transistor logic device, a discrete hardwarecomponent, or the like. The general-purpose processor may be amicroprocessor, or the processor may be any conventional processor orthe like.

In an implementation process, steps in the foregoing methods may beimplemented by using an integrated logical circuit of hardware in theprocessor, or by using instructions in a form of software. The steps ofthe methods disclosed with reference to the embodiments of thisapplication may be directly performed by a hardware processor, or may beperformed by using a combination of hardware in the processor and asoftware module. The software module may be located in a mature storagemedium in the art, for example, a random access memory, a flash memory,a read-only memory, a programmable read-only memory, an electricallyerasable programmable memory, or a register. The storage medium islocated in the memory, and the processor executes the instruction in thememory and completes the steps in the foregoing methods in combinationwith hardware of the processor. To avoid repetition, details are notdescribed herein again.

FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram of still another photographingapparatus 800 according to an embodiment of this application. Thephotographing apparatus 800 includes a processor 810 and a memory 820.

The processor 810 is further configured to:

obtain a first preview picture collected by a first camera or a secondcamera, where an angle of view of the first camera is a first FOV value,an angle of view of the second camera is a second FOV value, the firstFOV value is less than the second FOV value, the first preview pictureis collected based on a third FOV value, and the third FOV value is lessthan the second FOV value;

adjust the third FOV value to a fourth FOV value when it is detectedthat a quantity of at least one target human face in the first previewpicture is greater than a first preset value, where the fourth FOV valueis greater than the third FOV value; and

perform camera switching based on the fourth FOV value.

Optionally, the memory may include a read-only memory and a randomaccess memory, and provide an instruction and data for the processor. Apart of the memory may further include a non-volatile random accessmemory. For example, the memory may further store device typeinformation. The processor 810 may be configured to execute theinstruction stored in the memory, and when the processor executes theinstruction, the processor may perform steps that are in the foregoingmethod embodiments and that correspond to the photographing method.

In an optional example, a person skilled in the art may understand thatthe photographing apparatus 800 may be specifically the terminal in theforegoing embodiment 200, 300, or 400, and the photographing apparatus800 may be configured to perform processes and/or steps that are in theforegoing method embodiment 200, 300, or 400 and that correspond to theterminal. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of this application,the processor may be a central processing unit (CPU), or the processormay be another general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor(DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a fieldprogrammable gate array (FPGA) or another programmable logic device, adiscrete gate or a transistor logic device, a discrete hardwarecomponent, or the like. The general-purpose processor may be amicroprocessor, or the processor may be any conventional processor orthe like.

In an implementation process, steps in the foregoing methods may beimplemented by using an integrated logical circuit of hardware in theprocessor, or by using instructions in a form of software. The steps ofthe methods disclosed with reference to the embodiments of thisapplication may be directly performed by a hardware processor, or may beperformed by using a combination of hardware in the processor and asoftware module. The software module may be located in a mature storagemedium in the art, for example, a random access memory, a flash memory,a read-only memory, a programmable read-only memory, an electricallyerasable programmable memory, or a register. The storage medium islocated in the memory, and the processor executes the instruction in thememory and completes the steps in the foregoing methods in combinationwith hardware of the processor. To avoid repetition, details are notdescribed herein again.

A person of ordinary skill in the art may be aware that, in combinationwith the examples described in the embodiments disclosed in thisspecification, units and algorithm steps may be implemented byelectronic hardware or a combination of computer software and electronichardware. Whether the functions are performed by hardware or softwaredepends on particular applications and design constraint conditions ofthe technical solutions. A person skilled in the art may use differentmethods to implement the described functions for each particularapplication, but it should not be considered that the implementationgoes beyond the scope of this application.

It may be clearly understood by a person skilled in the art that, forthe purpose of convenient and brief description, for a detailed workingprocess of the foregoing system, apparatus, and unit, reference may bemade to a corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiments, anddetails are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should beunderstood that the disclosed system, apparatus, and method may beimplemented in other manners. For example, the described apparatusembodiment is merely an example. For example, the unit division ismerely logical function division and may be other division in actualimplementation. For example, a plurality of units or components may becombined or integrated into another system, or some features may beignored or not performed. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutualcouplings or direct couplings or communication connections may beimplemented by using some interfaces. The indirect couplings orcommunication connections between the apparatuses or units may beimplemented in electrical, mechanical, or other forms.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physicallyseparate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units,may be located in one position, or may be distributed on a plurality ofnetwork units. Some or all of the units may be selected according toactual requirements to achieve the objectives of the solutions of theembodiments.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of this application maybe integrated into one processing unit, or each of the units may existalone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

When the functions are implemented in the form of a software functionalunit and sold or used as an independent product, the functions may bestored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such anunderstanding, the technical solutions of this application essentially,or the part contributing to the prior art, or some of the technicalsolutions may be implemented in a form of a software product. Thesoftware product is stored in a storage medium, and includes severalinstructions for instructing a computer device (which may be a personalcomputer, a server, a network device, or the like) to perform all orsome of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of thisapplication. The storage medium includes: various media that can storeprogram code, such as a USB flash drive, a removable hard disk, aread-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk,or an optical disc.

The foregoing descriptions are merely specific implementations of thisapplication, and are not intended to limit the protection scope of thisapplication. Any variation or replacement readily figured out by aperson skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in thisapplication shall fall within the protection scope of this application.Therefore, the protection scope of this application shall be subject tothe protection scope of the claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. An electronic device comprising: a screenconfigured to display preview pictures; a front-facing camera configuredto collect the preview pictures, wherein the front-facing camera and thescreen are disposed on a same front side of the electronic device; and aprocessor coupled to the front-facing camera and the screen andconfigured to: display on the screen a first preview picture collectedby the front-facing camera with a first field of view (FOV) value;detect at least one human face in the first preview picture; in responseto detecting two or more human faces in the first preview picture,switch the first FOV of the front-facing camera to a second FOV value,wherein the first FOV value is less than the second FOV value; anddisplay on the screen a second preview picture collected by thefront-facing camera with the second FOV value, wherein the secondpreview picture comprises the two or more human faces.
 2. The electronicdevice of claim 1, wherein the second FOV value is a maximum FOV valuesupported by the front-facing camera.
 3. The electronic device of claim1, wherein the second FOV value is set in a previous-captured picture ofthe front-facing camera.
 4. The electronic device of claim 1, whereinthe two or more human faces are frontal faces.
 5. The electronic deviceof claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: detect athird human face in the first preview picture, wherein the third humanface is not a frontal face; and discard the third human face.
 6. Theelectronic device of claim 1, wherein the two or more human faces areindividually marked by a box.
 7. The electronic device of claim 1,wherein the processor is further configured to: calculate, afterdetecting the two or more human faces and before displaying the secondpreview picture, a ratio of a first quantity of pixels of the one humanface to a second quantity of pixels of the first preview picture; anddetermine that the ratio is less than a preset value.
 8. The electronicdevice of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to obtaina distance between the front-facing camera and the one human face. 9.The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is furtherconfigured to obtain a position of the one human face in the firstpreview picture.
 10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein theprocessor is further configured to switch, in response to detecting thata ratio of a first area of the one human face to a second area of thefirst preview picture has decreased, a FOV value of the front-facingcamera from the first FOV value to the second FOV value.
 11. A method byan electronic device, comprising: displaying a first preview picturecollected by a front-facing camera of the electronic device with a firstfield of view (FOV) value; detecting at least one human face in thefirst preview picture; in response to detecting two or more human facesin the first preview picture, switching the first FOV of thefront-facing camera to a second FOV value, wherein the first FOV valueis less than the second FOV value; and displaying a second previewpicture collected by the front-facing camera with the second FOV value,wherein the second preview picture comprises the two or more humanfaces.
 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the second FOV value is amaximum FOV value supported by the front-facing camera.
 13. The methodof claim 11, wherein the second FOV value is set in a previous-capturedpicture of the front-facing camera.
 14. The method of claim 11, whereinthe two or more human faces are frontal faces.
 15. The method of claim11, further comprising: detecting a third human face in the firstpreview picture, wherein the third human face is not a frontal face; anddiscarding the third human face.
 16. The method of claim 11, wherein thetwo or more human faces are individually marked by a box.
 17. The methodof claim 11, further comprising: calculating, after detecting the two ormore human faces and before displaying the second preview picture, aratio of a first quantity of pixels of the one human face to a secondquantity of pixels of the first preview picture; and determining thatthe ratio is less than a preset value.
 18. The method of claim 11,further comprising: obtaining a distance between the front-facing cameraand the one human face; or obtaining a position of the one human face inthe first preview picture.
 19. The method of claim 11, furthercomprising switching, in response to detecting that a ratio of a firstarea of the one human face to a second area of the first preview picturehas decreased, a FOV value from the first FOV value to the second FOVvalue.
 20. A computer program product comprising computer-executableinstructions for storage on a non-transitory computer-readable mediumthat, when executed by a processor, cause an electronic device to:display a first preview picture collected by a front-facing camera ofthe electronic device with a first field of view (FOV) value; detect atleast one human face in the first preview picture; in response todetecting two or more human faces in the first preview picture, switchthe first FOV of the front-facing camera to a second FOV value, whereinthe first FOV value is less than the second FOV value; and display asecond preview picture collected by the front-facing camera with thesecond FOV value, wherein the second preview picture comprises the twoor more human faces.